Mirror kit for home decoration



May 11, 1954 A. BIENENFELD ETAL 2,677,990

MIRROR KIT FOR HOME DECORATION Filed June 13, 1952 fi 4// /r 157%772375. 14722 21" zver/yza Patented May 11, 1954 QFFICE MIRROR KIT FOR HOME DECORATION Arthur Bienenfeld and Harvey L. Hurwitz, Chicago, Ill.

Application June 13, 1952, Serial No. 293,478

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a mirror kit which may be used by the home occupant himself for home decoration.

It is among the objects of our invention to provide such a kit which is complete in itself and is adapted to be used by a home occupant without special tools or equipment or without any outside instruction or assistance of any kind.

It is a further object of our invention to provide such a kit which will permit the home occupant to install easily and permanently on any wall or other area adjacent a fireplace, dressing table, bed or any other place desired in any room of the House or apartment, a single mirror or a plurality of mirrors in any combination or arrangement which may be desired.

With our invention, a room can quickly and easily be redecorated through the addition of a desirable mirror arrangement.

It is another object of our invention to provide such a kit for home use which is so economical that the user can actually save up to half of the cost of such home decoration by doing it himself. Our invention also comprises such other objects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear and which are inherently possessed by our invention.

While we have shown in the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of our invention, yet it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification and change without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a single mirror body member; Fig. 2 is a reduced perspective view or" a mirror arrangement; Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevational view of the clip tab cloth; Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the clip; Fig. 5 an enlarged front elevational view of the clip tab; Fig. 6 is an enlarged back elevational view of the clip tab; Fig. '7 is an enlarged side elevational view of a mirror and clip tab in place on a wall; Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of the spacer strip; Fig. 10- is a back view of a single mirror, showing application of the mastic; and Fig. 9 is a front elevational view of a mirror arrangement; and Fig. 11 is an enlarged perspective View of the mastic tube.

A preferred embodiment of our invention comprises a body member it which is preferably formed of mirror glass. It may be made of plate mirror, antique mirror, crackle, veined or any other type of mirror which is suitable for the particular use for which it is intended. Instead of glass, body member It! may be formed of plastic, metal or any mirrored material.

Body member lil may be constructed in any straight edged form, such as square, rectangle or triangle. For simplicity in illustration, only the square shape is shown in the drawings. Body member I ll may be 6, 9, 12, 24 or any desired number of inches in size.

Our home mirror kit comprises a plurality of body members ii), preferably twelve in number. A tube l of mastic is provided for use in mounting body members it on the wall or other surface to be decorated. The mastic which is supplied with our kit cannot be the type which is icommercially used for similar adhesive purposes because such products contain sulphur. If used in connection with a mirror, the sulphur would attack and damage the mirror backing. We have therefore designed a special sulphur free mastic which acts as an adhesive but does not affect the mirror in any way.

Our kit alsoincludes a plurality of clip tabs l2, preferably 8 or more in number. Clip tab i2 is formed from an elongated rectangular piece of cloth I3. Cloth i3 is gummed on one side and is plain on the other side. Cloth i3 is bent back upon itself along a transverse line Hi. An opening 15 is provided in cloth l3 along line M. A T-shaped metallic clip i6 is positioned so that its upper or bar portion is adjacent line M between the folds of cloth l3. Clip 56 a. downwardly extending portion which projects through opening i5 and is provided at its end with a hook El, which extends outwardly at a right angle from cloth i3. Cloth i3 is sealed to itself above line l4, so that the upper portion of clip I6 is held in position. Cloth l 3 is reverse folded above the sealed portion, to provide additional gummed area for attachment to the wall.

Our kit also includes a plurality of spacer strips 18, preferably twenty in number. Spacer strips I8 are preferably formed of cardboard or other suitable material having approximate dimensions of /2" wide 8 to 12 long and or less in thickness. In use, the home occupant first determines where the bottom of the mirror arrangement is to be and draws a light pencil line along the Wall. This is the base line. The user then determines the lower left hand corner of the mirror arrangement and marks this point on the base line. He then marks off consecutive 12" spaces (assuming that the body members ill are 12" square) for the number of body members I ll to be used.

The user then places a clip tab i2 two inches in from the lower left and lower right hand corners of the arrangement. This is done by moistoning the summed. side of cloth l3 and pressing it against the wall or other surface to which the body members l0 are to be attached.

The clip tabs l2 should be positioned so that the hook I! is along the base line. The user then places two additional clip tabs I2 ten inches in from the lower left and lower right hand corners of the arrangement. Additional clip tabs l2 are then placed in the center of each of the remaining 12 spaces along the base line.

The purpose of clip tabs i2 is to hold the body members ID from slipping downwardly while the mastic is drying. The arrangement of clip tabs [2 described above provides two supports for each of the end body members ii) and one support for the in-between body members It].

It should be noted that since the only purpose of clip tabs 12 is to hold the body members it from slipping before they are firmly set, the clip tabs l2 need not be used whenever the arrangement rests on a mantle or molding strip.

The user then opens the mastic tube H and places four ribbons of adhesive approximately two inches in from each of the four corners of one of the body members it. The ribbons of adhesive should preferably be about two inches long and should parallel each of the four sides of body member IE).

One of body members It is then placed with its adhesive side against the wall, slightly above to the right of the lower left hand corner of the arrangement Body member i8 is then pressed firmly against the wall and slid down to its desired position corresponding with the previously marked lower left hand corner of the arrange ment.

The next body member I9 is then mounted in position in the same manner. A slight space is left between the body members It, into which a spacer strip is is placed edgewise. The second body member it is then moved so that spacer strip i8 is firmly wedged between the two body members it. Additional body members it are then mounted in the same manner with a spacer strip i8 being used wherever the edges of any two body members it are in contact. The spacer members it are left in the seams overnight and are then removed. The slight air space left by their removal provides room for expansion of the glass forming body members it due to heat from a fireplace or temperature changes, to avoid any danger of the glass cracking. The method described will hold on any clean bonding surface, such as painted walls, wood, plywood, etc. It will also hold on wall paper, when the paper is firmly bonded to the wall. The wall or surface to which the body members H] are to be attached should be wiped with a clean, dry cloth to remove any dust and should be free from oil, grease or any substance which might deter from a good bonding surface.

The clip tabs (2 are concealed beneath body members IB and are not noticeable after body members 10 are in place. Clip tabs 12 are capable of supporting up to ten pounds of downward pressure and are thus capable of holding body members ill in place.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

A mirror kit for home decoration comprising twelve square body members formed of mirror glass, a supply of mastic applied to the backs of said body members for bonding them to an appropriate vertical surface, said mastic being free from ingredients deleterious to mirrors, a plurality of clip tabs comprising a piece of cloth gummed on one side, said cloth bent back upon itself on the gummed side along a transverse line, said cloth having an opening positioned at the center of said line, a metallic T-shaped clip having its upper portion positioned along said line, said cloth bent back upon and sealed to itself above said clip to hold said clip in place, said clip having a downwardly extending portion extending through said opening, said downwardly extending portion having a hook at the bottom thereof, said hook extending outwardly from said cloth at a right angle, said clip tabs attached to the vertical surface by moistening said gummed cloth and pressing it against said surface, whereb said hooks support the bottom edges of said body members and prevent said body membars from slipping while said mastic is drying, and a plurality of long, narrow, cardboard spacer strips, said spacer strips temporarily inserted edgewise between the adjacent edges of said body members at the time said body members are adapted to the vertical surface, said spacer strips upon their removal provided space between said body members for heat expansion of said body members without the glass cracking, said kit adapted to be used by the home occupant himself without additional tools or specialized skill of any kind.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,289,634 Dieter July 14, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 609,691 Great Britain Oct. 5, i948 

